Acknowledgements
The authors wish to acknowledge the mothers who participated
in this study, as well as the nurses and directors of the participating
maternity hospitals: Professor Shaul Dolberg of Lis Maternity
Hospital, Professor Mordechai Dulitzky of Tel HaShomer
Maternity Center, and Professor Tzipora Dolphin of Meir Medical
Center, whose cooperation was essential for the research. This project
was realized in the framework of the Fourth WHO-Coordinated
Survey of Human Milk for Persistent Organic Pollutants in